TV news reporter M.J. Rich feels things turning a bit chilly in her relationship with weather man Dan Sevier. She opts out of their Christmas ski vacation to return to her home in Pittsburgh for a cozy family Christmas. Brady Cameron, nursing a broken heart and wounded ego after his girlfriend and his best friend betray him, plans to spend Christmas alone at mountain resort in Pennsylvania. The two meet up when a blizzard strand them in the Philadelphia airport. Brady rents the last available vehicle and offers to give M.J. a ride across the state. But Mother Nature has other plans and leaves them snowbound on a backr oad in a rustic cabin. When M.J. learns of Brady's holiday plans, she invites him to join her family for Christmas But this Christmas is not like any M.J. remembers and she's sure her family has been replaced by aliens. Brady is determined to give M.J. the Christmas she wants, even if it takes a little time and requires reinventing Christmas for themselves.